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Father Groppi Demonstration in Assembly Chamber

Date: 1969
Description: A welfare demonstration led by Father James Groppi (center) in the Wisconsin Assembly chambers.
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Father Groppi Speaking in Assembly Chamber

Date: 1969
Description: Father James Groppi speaking at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber protesting welfare cuts. Father Groppi is seated on the lef...
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Backyard

Date: 09 02 1930
Description: Dilapidated backyard at Milwaukee amd N. Bryan Street next to Madison Builders Supply.
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Ingram Children in Georgia

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Description: A Black Family (Ingram children) in Georgia in the 1930s or 1940s.
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Johns Island Family on Porch

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Description: An African American woman with two children on the porch of a house on Johns Island.
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"Unemployment" Collage

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Description: Unemployed men on a street with the word "Unemployment" collaged above. Part of a series of Highlander collages from the film center.
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"People of Cumberland" Film Still

Date: 1937
Description: Film still of a frail woman holding a baby, who were neighbors of Highlander Folk School. Promotional material accompanying the film, "People of Cumberlan...
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Family Standing on Porch

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Description: An African American family standing on the porch of their home, behind a wooden picket fence.
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Poor People's March

Date: 1968
Description: Charles Hayes (fourth from the right), an officer of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with the UPWA delegation to the march.
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Children in Squalor

Date: 03 22 1912
Description: Two young girls standing with their arms around each other in the debris-strewn yard of a run-down home. The original caption identifies the location as th...
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Family, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A family poses for photographers documenting living conditions.

Beekman Quarters housed 81 people in 23 buildings. None of the houses in the neighborhood...

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Woman and Child on Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A small child is seated on a porch while a woman stands in the doorway. "Yards turn to mudd [sic] when it rains — children must play on broken and rotting ...
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Wood Pile, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Elevated view of yard with a wood pile for fuel. In the background are roads, porches, and other dwellings.

Beekman Quarters housed 81 people in 23 buil...

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Family, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A family poses in front of their home. "This family has to stop using the back room to this house. What used to be a doorway is now part of a huge hole in ...
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Two Boys in Street, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Two boys stand in a wet dirt road in the foreground. In the background is a house with a pile of objects in the yard, including an automobile, a door, and ...
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Hurricane Damage, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Damage done by Hurrican [sic] Betsy remains untouched eight months later. Note that tin covering has been torn off far edge of roof. Rain leaks through ot...
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Outhouse, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: One of the 15 outdoor toilets in the Beekman Quarters neighborhood of Natchez, Mississippi. "'It's been full for two months. We still have to use it or wal...
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Houses, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Several houses along a dirt road. A person stands in the doorway of one house. "'Some roofs leak worse than others, but we all get wet inside when it rains...
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House, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Roof leaks. Yard is too treacherous to play in or to hang out clothes. This photo was taken from the street as a tenant looked out the front door down the...
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Front Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Two rooms. Six people, ages 33, 12, 8, 5, 2, 1. Wood heat. $12.00 per month. Carry water from neighbors front yard."

Beekman Quarters housed 81 people i...

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